<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2013 utsouthwestern.edu</copyright><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu</link><title>UT Southwestern News Releases</title><description>UT Southwestern News Releases RSS Feed</description><item><title><![CDATA[Atherosclerosis in abdominal aorta may predict adverse cardiovascular events]]></title><description><![CDATA[Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of aortic atherosclerosis can predict the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in otherwise healthy individuals, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.]]></description><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2013/june/imaging-heart-khera.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Quality of waking hours determines ease of falling asleep]]></title><description><![CDATA[The quality of wakefulness affects how quickly a mammal falls asleep, researchers report in a study that identifies two proteins never before linked to alertness and sleep-wake balance.]]></description><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2013/june/sleep-yanagisawa.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:31:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[National study will compare type 2 diabetes drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers are seeking 150 adults with type 2 diabetes to take part in the local arm of a major national clinical trial that will compare benefits and side effects of four widely used therapies to lower blood-sugar levels.]]></description><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2013/june/grade-trial-raskin.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers identify novel class of&nbsp;drugs for prostate cancers]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new study on prostate cancer describes a novel class of drugs developed by UT Southwestern researchers that interrupts critical signaling needed for prostate cancer cells to grow.]]></description><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2013/may/pr-cancer-raj.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: Bladder cancer could reoccur despite bladder removal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Patients with advanced bladder cancers that are surgically removed might need additional therapy to prevent recurrence in certain situations, a new study suggests.]]></description><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2013/may/blchemo-lotan.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 09:30:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Levine elected to National Academy of Sciences]]></title><description><![CDATA[The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of Dr. Beth Levine to membership, representing one of the highest honors attainable by an American scientist.]]></description><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2013/april/nas-levine.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:15:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beutler elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]></title><description><![CDATA[The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) has elected Nobel Laureate Dr. Bruce A. Beutler of UT Southwestern, a nationally recognized leader in immunology, to membership.]]></description><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2013/april/aaas-beutler.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New potential target identified for&nbsp;cancer therapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers have found that alternative splicing – a process that allows a single gene to code for multiple proteins – appears to be a new potential target for anti-telomerase cancer therapy.]]></description><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2013/april/alt-splicing-wright.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:30:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gene found that regenerates heart&nbsp;tissue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists led by Dr. Hesham Sadek have demonstrated that the gene Meis1 regulates the regenerative capability of newborn hearts.]]></description><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2013/april/heart-sadek.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scissor-like enzyme points toward treatment of infectious disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers report that a pathogen annually blamed for an estimated 90 million cases of food-borne illness defeats a host’s immune response by using a fat-snipping enzyme to cut off cellular communication.]]></description><link>http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2013/april/scissors-alto.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:30:00 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>